Na'ilah Suad Nasir

Na'ilah Suad Nasir is an educational researcher and the sixth president of the Spencer Foundation.[1][2] She was president of the American Educational Research Association in 2021-22. Previously she held several named professorships, including the Birgeneau Chair in Educational Disparities and the H. Michael and Jeanne Williams Chair of African-American Studies at UC Berkeley,[3] where she also served as the vice-chancellor of equity and inclusion.[2] She has also taught as a faculty member at the Stanford Graduate School of Education.[4]

Education and career

Nasir earned her bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley and PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles.[2] Her academic career has focused on socio-cultural perspectives on education and advancing equitable school systems.[5] Nasir's work has resulted in the publication of over 30 scholarly articles.[3]

Honors and awards

In 2017, she was elected a member of the National Academy of Education.[6] In 2022, she gave the convocation speech to the Northwestern School of Education and Social Policy.[4]

References
  1. "Board of Directors". www.spencer.org. Spencer Foundation.
  2. "Na'ilah Suad Nasir | Office of the Chancellor". chancellor.berkeley.edu. UC Berkeley.
  3. "Na'ilah Suad Nasir". Global Science of Learning Education Network. UC San Diego.
  4. "Convocation Features Spencer President Na'ilah Suad Nasir Northwestern University | School of Education & Social Policy". www.sesp.northwestern.edu. Northwestern University.
  5. "The 180 Podcast: Na'ilah Suad Nasir". Turnaround for Children. 8 January 2020.
  6. "Na'ilah Suad Nasir". National Academy of Education.


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